Silvanerpeton

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Silvanerpeton
Fossil range: Late Carboniferous
Silvanerpeton miripedes
Silvanerpeton miripedes
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Genus: Silvanerpeton

Silvanerpeton is an extinct genus of early reptile. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long. Some paleontologists think it was semi-aquatic as an adult, others believe only young Silvanerpeton were semi-aquatic and the adults were fully terrestrial.

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